page_title: Athenaeum Portrait
section_title: Use as a model for other works
hierarchical_section_title: Athenaeum Portrait / Use as a model for other works
caption_attribution_description: English: Comparison between Athenaeum Portrait and United States one-dollar bill. Note that the image on the dollar bill in this comparison flips the image horizontally.
context_page_description: The Athenaeum Portrait, also known as The Athenaeum, is an unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart of former United States President George Washington. It was created in 1796, and is considered to be Stuart's most notable work. The painting depicts Washington at age 65 on a brown background. It served as the model for the engraving that would be used for the United States one-dollar bill.
  A corresponding portrait of Martha Washington is also known as the Athenaeum Portrait, and is exhibited near the painting of her husband at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
context_section_description: The painting was never delivered to Washington. Instead, Stuart used it as a model for many replicas, capitalizing on Washington's fame. After Washington's death, he used it to paint 130 copies which he sold for $100 each. More than 60 of these copies still exist. Reportedly, Stuart referred to the painting as "his hundred dollar bill" due to the amount he charged for the copies. 
  The Athenaeum Portrait was also used to produce a number of U.S. postage stamps of the 19th century and early 20th century.
  Most notably, the Athenaeum Portrait served as the model for the engraving that would be used (in mirror image) for the United States one-dollar bill.
caption: Comparison between the Athenaeum Portrait and image on the obverse of the United States one-dollar bill. (Note that the image from the dollar bill in this example shows the subject flipped horizontally for ease of comparison.)
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